Politics & State

Andrew Fisher

Andrew Fisher

Born in Crosshouse, East Ayrshire, in 1862, Andrew Fisher,
the son of a miner, rose to become Prime Minister of
Australia.

Born in Crosshouse, East Ayrshire, in 1862, Andrew Fisher, the
son of a miner, rose to become Prime Minister of
Australia.

He left school to follow his father down the pit, but after his
involvement in the Miner's Union and a strike, he was blacklisted
and was forced to emigrate to Australia where he again found work
as a miner in Queensland. He became a union official before being
elected to the Queensland Assembly in 1893. He was to become Prime
Minister three times between 1908 and 1915, eventually resigning
and becoming High Commissioner to London until 1921. He failed to
be selected in 1923 as Labour candidate for Kilmarnock and retired
to London, where he passed away in 1928.